Quezon (Alabat Island) - Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health

- Philippine plants and natural products used traditionally -

The photos and videos showing the knowledge and practices were obtained with full consent from informants belonging to various communities where the researches were conducted. Any information, photo, or video from this study to be used for further academic research or commercial purposes should have the free and prior informed consent of the knowledge-owners. The knowledge-owners in any of the researches in this website should be properly acknowledged and cited if information, photos, or videos in the research will be used. Any commercial benefits which may arise from the utilization of the people’s traditional knowledge, photos, or videos should be shared with the said knowledge-owners or the community.[1]

Ang mga litrato at bidyo na naglalarawan ng kaalaman at kaugaliang pangkalusugan ay kusang ibinahagi ng mga kinapanayam mula sa ilang mga pamayanan sa mga lugar kung saan ginanap ang pagsaliksik. Kung nais gamitin para sa pananaliksik o komersyal na layon ang anumang impormasyon, litrato, at bidyo rito, nararapat na humingi muna ng pahintulot mula sa tao o pamayanang nagmamay-ari ng kaalaman. Ang indibidwal o pamayanan ay may karapatan sa anumang kalalabasan o komersyal na benepisyo na maaaring magmula sa paggamit ng kanilang minamay-aring kaalaman, litrato, o bidyo. Kung nais gamitin o banggitin sa isang ulat ang anumang impormasyon, litrato, o bidyo na mababasa/makikita rito, nararapat na isulat ang pamayanan o taong pinagmulan ng kaalaman at ang ulat na ito bilang pinagkunan ng datos, litrato, o bidyo.[1]

[1] Batay sa Elisabetsky and Posey (1994) na binanggit sa Posey and Dutfield 1996. Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. p.48.

The list below is a compilation of plants and natural products from documented tkdl researches conducted in the various regions in the Philippines.



LOCAL NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME	INDICATION	PLANT PART USED	PROVINCE / AREA

Tugos * Image in process *	Not known	Tugos	Iwas usog	Seeds	Alabat Island

Tugos * Image in process *	Not known	Tugos	Kabag	Seeds	Alabat Island

Katunggal (Hukom) * Image in process *	Proiphys amboinensis (L.) Herb.	Katunggal (Hukom)	Kabag (Colic)	Leaves	Alabat Island

Luyangdilaw * Image in process *	Curcuma longa L.	Luyangdilaw	Kabag (Colic)	Leaves and rhizome	Alabat Island

Santol * Image in process *	Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr.	Santol	Kabag (Tympanism)	Bark	Alabat Island

Amuyong * Image in process *	Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr.	Amuyong	Kabag o tabaw (Tympanism)	Fruits	Alabat Island

Kamatistagalog * Image in process *	Lycopersicon esculentum Mill	Kamatistagalog	Kalamayo sa bata	Leaves	Alabat Island

Luyang-itim * Image in process *	Alpinia luteocarpa Elmer	Luyang-itim	Kontra maligno	Rhizome	Alabat Island

Bungliw * Image in process *	Not known	Bungliw	Kulam	(Healer?s secret)	Alabat Island

Tugawi * Image in process *	Not known	Tugawi	Lason sa ilog (Fish poison)	Roots	Alabat Island

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